A Study of History Summary

Arnold Toynbee's multi-volume A Study of History is one of the major works of historical scholarship published in the twentieth century. The first volume was published in London in 1934, and subsequent volumes appeared periodically until the twelfth and final volume was published in London in 1961. A two-volume abridgement of volumes 1-10 was prepared by D. C. Somervell with Toynbee's cooperation and published in 1947 (volume one) and 1957 (volume two) in London.

Arnold J. Toynbee Biographies (2)

The English historian and philosopher of history Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889-1972) described himself as a "metahistorian" whose "intelligible field of study" was civilization.Arnold Toynbee was born i...
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A controversial historian, Arnold Joseph Toynbee is best known for his 12-volume work entitled A Study of History (1934-1961). He was born in London on April 14, 1889, into a scholarly, upper middle c...
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